Bressuire
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Commune of Bressuire |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Poitou-Charentes |
| Department | Deux-Sèvres |
| Arrondissement | Bressuire |
| Mayor | Jean Michel Bernier (2001–08) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 98 m–236 m (avg. 173 m) |
| Land area¹ | 180.59 km² |
| Population² (2002) |
19,356 |
| - Density | 98/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 79049/ 79300 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
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Bressuire is a commune of the Deux-Sèvres département, in France. The town is situated on an eminence overlooking the Dolo, a tributary of the Argenton. Bressuire has two buildings of interest: the church of Notre-Dame, which, dating chiefly from the 12th and 15th centuries, has an imposing tower of the Renaissance period; and the castle, built by the lords of Beaumont, vassals of the viscount of Thouars. The latter is now in ruins, and a portion of the site is occupied by a modern château, but an inner and outer line of fortifications are still to be seen. The whole forms the finest assemblage of feudal ruins in Poitou. Among the disasters suffered at various times by the town, its capture from the English and subsequent pillage by French troops under du Guesclin in 1370 is the most memorable.
[edit] External links
- Official website (French)
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